A Game of Love

Chapter 1

You arrived at Alask High School. Riding your bike all the way there wasn't helping your bad day. You hoped at least someone, or something would make your day better. You parked your bike in the bike racks. You walked in with the loads of students going to their lockers. You don't have your locker yet, since you didn't go to open house yesterday.

You rushed to class, since you always like being early.

But you weren't looking where you were going, and crashed into another student. You dropped your backpack and rubbed your head. You looked up at the student just to see he was was already getting up.

You got up and picked up your book bag. You and the student stared at each other for a long moment, until he bent over and picked up his book bag.

He smiled.

"Hi! I'm Riley!" He said like a little child. He held out a hand. You shook it and slightly smiled.

"I'm Lee," you replied.

"Are you in Mr Pope's class?" Riley asked. You noticed he was a lot more taller than you.

"Yeah," you replied. Riley's goofy smile faded away.

"Something wrong?" You asked.

"He.... he isn't the nicest teacher you'll meet...." Riley responded, quietly. You then became a little scared. You don't want a teacher that isn't the nicest.

You winced. Riley took notice and stood beside you.

"But, don't worry! I'm always here for you, I got Mrs Patrylo. You should ask the principle if she can switch you to my class," Riley said, his goofy smile returning.

You laughed. "I don't think she'll do that."

"Guess you're stuck with Mr Pope. But maybe you'll get Mrs Patrylo for 2nd period, even though she is my homeroom teacher, I still have her for second period."

"I best be going," Riley said.

"Me too, see you around," you replied.

"Cya!" Riley said, running to Mrs Patrylo's class.

You walked to Mr Pope's class. You had no idea what to think of him.

'He isn't the nicest teacher you'll meet....' You recited Riley's words in your head. You entered the class to see nobody. You sat at a circular table and looked around for something to do. You then saw your teacher at his desk, clicking away on his computer. You stared at him for 5 seconds then looked away. He looked up and saw you.

"Oh! You must be Lee!" He exclaimed, smiling warmly. You smiled falsely as he looked away.

Everybody started shoving each other in the classroom. Mr Pope looked up and rolled his eyes. You didn't see that, since you were reading a book. Everybody sat down at random seats, and Mr Pope wrote down the seating chart. He suddenly stood up and cleared his throat. Everybody stopped talking and looked at him.

"Oh that's ok," he said. "Go ahead."

You walked out and rushed to the girl's bathroom. You ran into one of the stalls and slammed the door, sinking down the wall.

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"Lee? Lee?" Somebody called. Your eyes slowly opened. You heard the familiar voice calling your name and jumped up, running out. You faced Riley nearly running into him.

"What were you doing in there? You were in there for hours!" Riley cried.

"Well... I was escaping Mr Pope and fell asleep...." you replied. Riley raised his eyebrow.

"Why would you sleep in the dirtiest place in the world?" he asked.

"Thank you, Riley, for finding her," said somebody, walking up behind Riley. You winced. It was Mr Pope.

He put a hand on your shoulder.

"You are dismissed."

He started walking you towards his classroom whereas, Riley, was walking back to Mrs Partylo's class.

You looked over your shoulder. You saw the faint outline of Riley disappear. You didn't want to be left alone with Mr Pope.